German parlament have voted to allow the prescription of synthetic heroin.

Hi friends,

yesterday the german parlament have voted to allow the prescription of synthetic heroin.
A cross-party group of supporters( social democrats, Liberals, Green party and communists) got a 350 to 198 majority.
heroin would apply to heroinuser
- aged at least 23
- who have been addicted for at least five years
- and
undergone two previous, unsuccessful rehabilitation programs.

the health insurance pay the treatment.

This is a milestone for the german and european drugpolicy. The german JES -user groups are

relieved and a little bit proud that heroin is a normal medcine now.
Hopefully the decision in germany, the programms in Spain, GB, Switzerland, Holland, Cananda and Belgium paves the way for
heroin prescription in many other countrys.